Airbnb is running its own internal university to teach data science | TechCrunch

This is an awesome idea, I hope it does well and other companies take notice.

"Tech companies, and increasingly even non-tech companies, are struggling with the fact that there are not enough trained data scientists to fill market demand. Every company has their own strategy for hiring and training, but Airbnb has taken things a step further — running its own university-style program, complete with a custom course-numbering system."